"Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops, like bishops, and your religious act like religious." - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 1972

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

AB HON PUT HIMSELF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Posted by Robert Klitzkie, aka Bob

Here's the rock. Para. 20 of the amended complaint where Roy, Doris, Walter and Roland sued Apuron and the Archdiocese we find this allegation, "...May statement was prepared and released by Oliveria on behalf of Apuron and the Agana Archdiocese." Para. 14 is similar but alleges that Oliveria was the Media Coordinator for the Diocese and Apuron's personal secretary. The complaint alleges that the statements are libelous.

Here's the hard place. Krystal Paco's report on the July 25 KUAM News:

"According to the $2 million dollar libel and slander suit against the archdiocese and Apuron, plaintiffs allege such statements were prepared and released by Father Edvilado Olivieras. According to Hon, there's no proof Father Edivaldo was ever appointed the church's official spokesperson."

So if Fr. Edivaldo wasn't acting in an official capacity what was he doing? Did Edivaldo sneak into the Chancery and cob off with some official stationery and email it to the media causing media outlets to think it was genuine? If so, has Hon reported the matter to the police? If no report were made how can the Archdiocese deny paragraphs 14 and 20 and avoid being stuck with the statements?

Does Hon want to make one of Apuron's apparent favorites look that bad? Or will Hon contradict what he told Krystal saying that Edivaldo was the church's official spokesman after all?

Or... will Hon just say that Edivaldo was acting on his own and leave Edivaldo to his fate?

One can never predict the course of litigation as every case has it's own personality but it would seem that Edivaldo's röle is very important. We can assume that, "I'm trying to achieve unity and harmony," might not be a satisfactory answer in a deposition or before the court when when questions about Edivaldo's röle arise.

For once Hon may have to abandon Doubletalk and give a straight answer.

14 comments:

Once again, the island has to cope with another NEO sympathizer who believes that the Catholic faithful will believe every word from the mouth of Hon. We've been down this road before and the Catholic faithful will not tolerate a sect that harbors serial pedophiles, pathological liars, and half-baked presbyters. BIBA Katoliku, BIBA!

Okay, AB Hon has said the RMS property still belongs to the Archdiocese, "no doubt about it." Question: Who advised him on this? A Guam real estate law expert, or is he relying on a legal opinion by a Denver law firm not licensed to give advice on Guam law? He is either naive or gullible.

He said the picket lines and protest in front of the Cathedral every Sunday "will go away in two weeks" or words to that effect. It has not. Instead, it has been about eight weeks already and the picket lines are getting more people to join.

Now he is saying Edi Waldo is not the spokesman for the Archdiocese. Really? If it smells like a duck, walks like a duck, it is, de facto, a duck. The media, upon whom the people rely on to check and verify the facts and make sure what is being said on behalf of a organization is said by an official of that organization said Edivaldo was the new spokesman for the Chancery and the Archdiocese.

Is AB Hon aware that if it is discovered that he is lying he is risking being penalized under the law. Wait till everyone is deposed and the truh comes out.

why couldn't hon have just said, "look, here's what i know based on all the documentation that we have. but regardless of how the archdiocese was administered before i arrived, this is how i'm going to correct all these problems"? that would've been honest and transparent and reasonable.

but instead, we get doublespeak and contradictions. i will speculate and say that it's as if one of hon's objectives was to save the face of the apuron regime. it's as if hon doesn't want people to see that the archdiocese had been out of control for a very long time.

Right on Robert, a rock & a hard place! Akin to painting oneself into a corner! It's like watching Star Trek Beyond, same story, different actors. Beam me up Filoni! The creatures in this Jungle are intellectually superior!

Instead of putting himself between a Rock and a Hard Place, it would be a refreshing change if the Apostolic Administrator would position himself between HONesty and Truth … and then decide to speak the Truth HONestly.

He seemed more stressed in his interview with Jesse Lujan on this morning's Live Stream. It may be because Jesse had multiple topics he wanted to address in the 30-minute interview and kept the questions coming. Maybe he was expecting Jesse to ask one question and let him do his Serenity, Harmony, Unity & Peace Song and Dance. Either way, I can't help thinking that he's more than ready to book his flight back to "Rome."

Stand firm. The neos are cooking up a nasty brew, aimed at destroying local priests. Neos are working underground, quietly but in fervor intent to shut us all down. Stand firm, the real battle is at hand.